Inequality Quote by Robert Sapolsky

When humans invented inequality and socioeconomic status, they came up with a dominance hierarchy that subordinates like nothing the primate world has ever seen…

— Robert Sapolsky

“I conceive two species of inequality among men; one which I call natural, or physical inequality, because it is established by nature, and consists…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Inequality of any kind, once considered a normal, natural part of human existence, came to be seen in the course of the twentieth century…

— Michael Mandelbaum

“Instead of looking for explanations for the fact of inequality, anthropologists should look for the explanation for the notion of equality.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Inequality has the natural and necessary effect, under the present circumstances, of materializing our upper class, vulgarizing our middle class, and brutalizing our lower…

— Matthew Arnold

“Why we are hanging around with inequality concept every day, it is like comparing water with the bread.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“History tells us that inequality soars when societies develop.”

— Edward Luce

“The common conception among the dregs of Darwinian culture is that men have slowly worked their way out of inequality into a state of…

— G.K. Chesterton

“Nature teaches us lessons that no book can teach. It teaches us that there is always inequality in life. Just look at the animals…

— Mouloud Benzadi

Inequality may linger in the world of material things, but great music, great literature, great art and the wonders of science are, and should…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

— Aristotle

Inequality causes problems by creating fissures in societies, leaving those at the bottom feeling marginalized or disenfranchised.

— Nicholas Kristof